mustang1989 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 After I read the book A Higher Call by Adam Makos, I was hooked on finding the decal sheet for Stigler's 262. LSP_K2, Greg W and chrish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Hi Joe, I just picked up the same kit last weekend and will be starting it pretty soon. No AM for me on this build - at least for now. But mine will be dressed as a captured US bird. Looking forward to your build! Chris mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 minute ago, CANicoll said: Hi Joe, I just picked up the same kit last weekend and will be starting it pretty soon. No AM for me on this build - at least for now. But mine will be dressed as a captured US bird. Looking forward to your build! Chris Thanks Chris. That'll be cool to see! Doesn't look like a bad kit and this AM set aint so bad so far. I'll be looking forward to your build as well. CANicoll and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 This is where I'm at with it right now. Still some more details to add but those will wait until I've got some more of this build under way. At that point the walls and tub will be permanently installed so I can add them. scvrobeson, chukw, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Well gang.....this has been a rough couple of weeks with the freezing temperatures here in South Tx. Putting up with folks who know absolutely nothing about how a 4-way stop is supposed to work to the state closing down public highways down while it's 40 freekin degrees out with NO precip on the roads to empty shelves at the grocery store. Since the freeze I've been working with my crew 7 days a week for the foreseeable future till all this mess is cleaned up at our refinery. Needless to say, benchtime has suffered BUT.....I've at least made some progress. Seat belts, rudder pivot and pedals all installed. The belts were Eduard color parts that I took the liberty of weathering up a bit as well as weathering the whole cockpit area. This whole instrument panel ordeal that's coming up is gonna be a pretty big task. I have the Eduard color IP but it aint gonna work with the Aires IP. No cheating for me on this go round with that as it's gonna be down to the nitty gritty with the detail painting. Ya know fellas....the one thing that I absolutely cannot stand is when I buy something and then go and LOOSE it. I bought the decals for "White 3" and now can't for the life of me find them anywhere. I already know what's gonna happen too.....I'm gonna buy a set and then the day after I apply them ....I'm going to find the original set. Happens every single time. Anyways....progress: Edited February 23, 2021 by mustang1989 Gazzas, Greg W, adameliclem and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Rock on, Joe. Lookin' good. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 23, 2021 Author Share Posted February 23, 2021 Thanks Kevin. Been a pretty crazy last couple of weeks man. This place becomes a third world country down here when ANY thing out of the ordinary occurs. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) I've got some touch ups to do here and there as well as more parts to install but we do have some progress. Edited February 24, 2021 by mustang1989 Gazzas, Greg W, F-4Phanwell and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Looking awesome...don't know how I missed the start of it...blind old bugger I am I guess. Building an aircraft though!? Who are you and what have you done with Joe?! Sorry to hear about the crap storm (in more ways than one) in Texas! Glad you're safe and sound! We get some nasty weather here in Sask as well, it was -42 Celsius while you were freezing there but, our infrastructure (all over Canada I guess) is made for that kind of extreme cold temp. and it was just another cold 3 weeks here. It's been +10 C. here this week, around 50 in your degrees and beautiful weather for us in February! Now that I've found it, I'll check in on your progress. PS. I liked the Franze scheme as I got the build bug after reading the "Higher Call" as well and did the B-17 escorted by a 109 dio. LSP_K2 and mustang1989 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Is there anyone who knows how a four-way stop works? Certainly no one in Virginia or Arizona. Yes, it works the same as a traffic light in Africa. The biggest vehicle has right of way. Ayovan, LSP_K2 and mustang1989 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Very nice work so far, Joe! Love the extras you’ve put in. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Thanks fellas!! Trying to cram whatever modeling in that I can amidst these 7 day work weeks. Gazzas and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 Ok fellas....got some measurable benchtime finally. Got this part wrapped up here.... and got started on the gun platform. Still gotta add some details and weathering but we're off to a start anyways. Greg W, LSP_K2 and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Will the cannon bay be open on your finished model, Joe? mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 1 hour ago, LSP_K2 said: Will the cannon bay be open on your finished model, Joe? Yesiree. I've definitely got more work to do in here in light of that. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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